| Scientific Name: | Fritillaria imperialis |
| Common Name: | crown imperial |
| Family Name: | Liliaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Rock garden, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Whorled, Sessile, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Distinctive smell, Linear, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Orange, Yellow, Red, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves linear-lanceolate, 15-22cm long x 3-4cm wide, margins wavy; flowers clustered at stem tips in false umbels, drooping, 6 tepals, bell-shaped, usually orange (yellow or red cvs.); capsules erect (pedicels straighten), 3-5cm wide, green turning tan with 6 spokes or wings. | |